Local Spin-Gauge Symmetry of the Bose-Einstein Condensates in Atomic Gases

Details Local Spin-Gauge Symmetry of the Bose-Einstein Condensates in Atomic Gases Local Spin-Gauge Symmetry of the Bose-Einstein Condensates in Atomic Gases

1996-03-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9603077v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Typos in the previous version corrected, thanks to the careful reading of Daniel L. Cox. 13 pages + 2 Figures in uuencode + gz

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.2595

The Bose-Einstein condensates of alkali atomic gases are spinor fields with local ``spin-gauge" symmetry. This symmetry is manifested by a superfluid velocity ${\bf u}_{s}$ (or gauge field) generated by the Berry phase of the spin field. In ``static" traps, ${\bf u}_{s}$ splits the degeneracy of the harmonic energy levels, breaks the inversion symmetry of the vortex nucleation frequency ${\bf \Omega}_{c1}$, and can lead to {\em vortex ground states}. The inversion symmetry of ${\bf \Omega}_{c1}$, however, is not broken in ``dynamic" traps. Rotations of the atom cloud can be generated by adiabatic effects without physically rotating the entire trap.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Local Spin-Gauge Symmetry of the Bose-Einstein Condensates in Atomic Gases does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Local Spin-Gauge Symmetry of the Bose-Einstein Condensates in Atomic Gases, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Local Spin-Gauge Symmetry of the Bose-Einstein Condensates in Atomic Gases will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-279134